webfact Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Meeting held on high speed train line that will transform travel to and from Pattaya Picture: PR Pattaya PR Pattaya reported that a meeting was held on Saturday to discuss the latest developments in the so-called "Three Airport Link" high speed train service planned to join Bangkok and Pattaya. The service is still in the consultative stage with decisions about the exact locations of stations and supporting piers in the Pattaya area. The basics have been reported long since - the journey from the capital to Pattaya will be just 60 minutes. The train could reach speeds of 250 kmph. Picture: PR Pattaya There will be nine stations: Don Muang, Bang Sue, Makkasan, Suvarnabhumi, Chachoengsao, Chonburi, Si Racha, Pattaya and U-Tapao airport. Thai Rath also reported on developments for local electric tram projects to meet the train in Chachoengsao, Chonburi and Rayong. Picture: PR Pattaya A tram is also planned for Pattaya as part of Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) developments, a major project of the government. Source: PR Pattaya -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2020-07-20 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post keith101 Posted July 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2020 They will more than likely still be talking about in 2-3 years time as with all things Thai no hurry we will do it eventually . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pottinger Posted July 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2020 250km per hour on a train in Thailand? My speed limit in this country is 45km/hr - anything more and I start looking an open window. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brunolem Posted July 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2020 Once the train line open, 30 years from now, visitors will rush to visit Pattaya Ghost Town. There, a few local actors wearing fake mustaches will play the role of dirty horny farangs handing out wads of cash to young and innocent girls, hiding in what used to be known as "soi 6". Among the visitors, bent on his two canes, the now 100 year old TVF member known as NCCxxxx will remember the good old days, before returning to his Hua Hin hospice room 3 1 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotandsticky Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, Brunolem said: Once the train line open, 30 years from now, visitors will rush to visit Pattaya Ghost Town. There, a few local actors wearing fake mustaches will play the role of dirty horny farangs handing out wads of cash to young and innocent girls, hiding in what used to be known as "soi 6". Among the visitors, bent on his two canes, the now 100 year old TVF member known as NCCxxxx will remember the good old days, before returning to his Hua Hin hospice room If you would be so kind as to point me to those young and innocent girls I would appreciate it. "Young and innocent" does not match with what I have seen..... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunolem Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, hotandsticky said: If you would be so kind as to point me to those young and innocent girls I would appreciate it. "Young and innocent" does not match with what I have seen..... In showbiz reenactments, things are usually a little embellished... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bodga Posted July 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2020 Meeting held on High speed train line, well that doesnt sound very safe does it 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post redwood1 Posted July 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2020 They cant make up their minds......Is Pattaya going to have a tram or a monorail? Pattaya monorail debut set for 2026 https://www.pattayamail.com/featured/pattaya-monorail-debut-set-for-2026-307933 My vote is on neither.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bkk6060 Posted July 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2020 2 hours ago, webfact said: The basics have been reported long since - the journey from the capital to Pattaya will be just 60 minutes. Not much of an advantage a fast driver can easily do it in less then 90 minutes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny1990 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Kinda disappointed the fareprice wasn’t included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexJohanson Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Here is a group of guys pretending to work in order to justify their salaries. In this day and age a bullet train is the last thing Thailand needs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfill Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Isn't the bit between Swampy and Phaya Thai already there and known as the AIrport link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from the home of CC Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 you do know foreigners will be charged double lol.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookiescot Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 A Thai train doing 250 km/h hitting a water buffalo standing on the tracks. This is something I would pay to watch. From a safe distance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post petermik Posted July 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2020 3 hours ago, bkk6060 said: Not much of an advantage a fast driver can easily do it in less then 90 minutes. Somchai in his loaded van can do it in a lot less than that...???? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanuk711 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 5 hours ago, keith101 said: They will more than likely still be talking about in 2-3 years time as with all things Thai no hurry we will do it eventually . If it took another five years it would still beat the London to Birmingham Joke, that different governments have been talking about since.............???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivas Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Ah the old train line ramblings. Been going on since 1991 Expect an imminent start in 2037 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 2 hours ago, AlexJohanson said: Here is a group of guys pretending to work in order to justify their salaries. In this day and age a bullet train is the last thing Thailand needs. I could understand a bullet train from north to south or even east to east but Bangkok to Pattaya? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnative Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 It's not going to 'transform travel' if all they do is talk talk talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred110 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 32 minutes ago, mrfill said: Isn't the bit between Swampy and Phaya Thai already there and known as the AIrport link? That's to Bangkok not Pattaya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 5 hours ago, Pottinger said: 250km per hour on a train in Thailand? imagine that hitting a pick up on a train crossing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketDog Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 I shudder when I think of yet another high speed vehicle in the Kingdom. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anythingleft? Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Depends on the links available from the exit in Pattaya to make it any use at all, relying on the taxi mafia in Pattaya from the terminal will make the use a taxi direct from Suvarnabhumi even more desirable At least you can get a fairly standard rate there or pre-book a service Just dont see the link being a huge benefit with the already improved roads and the additional hassle of getting to and from the terminal at Pattaya end. Day trippers possibly but not people hauling luggage around...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiekerjozef Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, webfact said: The train could reach speeds of 250 kmph. That's a big crash waiting to happen. The Thai maintenance is what worries me. Edited July 20, 2020 by spiekerjozef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Be generous a little bit ! Thailand is not the only place where in defiance of the unknown and/or optimistic conviction that in the "aftermath" of C19 all will be back to business as usual. Perhaps shades optimism will hold things together long enough for rationale to surface alongside some stark realities? In the meantime those whose occupation has not been destroyed will bravely pursue the function of it. Hypothetical purpose for hypothetical demand is no barrier to hypothetical discussion. If it were not so the thread about "Do you believe in God" would have died at page 1 !???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Maybe they should wait with the plans until tourism are back in Thailand, that could take a while. Or maybe they want to add a ghost train to the ghost city. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaan sailor Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greeneking Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 'nine stations: Don Muang, Bang Sue, Makkasan, Suvarnabhumi, Chachoengsao, Chonburi, Si Racha, Pattaya and U-Tapao airport. ... local electric tram projects to meet the train in Chachoengsao, Chonburi and Rayong.' Am I missing something? No mention of a 10th station at Rayong any more? But a tram to run the 40km distance from U-Tapao/Rayong to Rayong proper? Really? In 2017 the plan was for the line to be open in 2023. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susco Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 34 minutes ago, balo said: Maybe they should wait with the plans until tourism are back in Thailand, that could take a while. Or maybe they want to add a ghost train to the ghost city. While it will certainly take a few years before tourism has recovered, I doubt the railway will be completed by the end of this year 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Covid has been a boom for the State. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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